Posted on 12/12/2012 1:03:43 PM PST by pabianice
Shrewsbury resident Carl Lund.
Northborough, MA – When Carl Lund saw a table set up on Main Street in Northborough on Friday, Dec. 7, he was “disgusted” he said, to see a poster of President Barack Obama, depicted as Adolf Hitler, prominently displayed.
“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Lund, a resident of Shrewsbury and a Vietnam veteran, said.
Lund then got into a verbal confrontation with the two men manning the table, who Northborough police identified as Ian Brinkley and Jared Caskill.
“[Brinkley and Caskill] claimed it was a peaceful, political display with literature,” Lund said. “I disagreed. I thought it was a despicable, disrespectful display.”
Lund admits that he became angry and kicked the table over.
“They said they would call the police,” he recalled. “I told them to go ahead.”
When the police arrived, he gave them his information and left. Lund, who owns a business he runs out of his home, Heritage Home Carpentry, said he never imagined that the story would then go viral, attracting attention from several Boston TV stations and local media outlets.
“But I have also gotten calls from former and current customers supporting me. Friends have called with offers of support, too,” he said.
Lund stresses that he is “not political.”
“I did not do this as a political statement or even a ‘veteran’s’ statement,” he said. “I was not trying to represent anyone other than myself. It was a personal statement.”
Now, several days after the incident, Lund is pragmatic about what happens next. As of Thursday morning, Dec. 12, he had not received any official notification that he would be charged with any offenses.
“I’ve been told I will receive a summons but I haven’t gotten that yet,” he said. “But whatever happens, I am ready. You need to take responsibility for your actions good or bad and I do.”
“It did not matter who was depicted in that picture,” he said. “What matters is that it was the president of the United States, our chief executive officer, depicted as one of the most villainous people of modern times. It showed absolutely no respect for the office of the presidency.”
Adding to the insult, Lund said, was that the incident happened on the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
“I had been thinking about that earlier in the day and about the people who died that day in the service of our country,” he added.
Lund acknowledges that some have asked him if the two men should have been allowed to freely display their information under the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble.
“I think the bigger conversation is why can you not deface the American flag, currency or coinage but you can deface the image of the president?” he asked. “We have laws to respect other rights but not this?”
“We also have to remember that in this country, the majority rules,” he added. “Even if you don’t agree with the outcome of an election, the majority rules. And I believe it doesn’t matter who is in office, you need to respect the office.”
I'll bet he doesn't hold his socialist hero Barry to that same standard.
I’m just wondering if his moral indignation was the same for the “Bushitler” crap.
"...and then they drew a Hitler mustache on him..."
Where was this libtard maggot when G.W Bush was meing hung in effigy or Ronaldus Magnus was being disrespected? If the jug eared One and his supporters don’t want a comparison with dictators, then Zero should not act like a dictator.
“Adding to the insult, Lund said, was that the incident happened on the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.”
“Was it over when the Germans attacked Pearl Harbor?”
John (Bluto) Blutarski
You're exaggerating a little there, aren't you? :-)
And this...
“I think the bigger conversation is why can you not deface the American flag, currency or coinage but you can deface the image of the president?” he asked. “We have laws to respect other rights but not this?”
Ignorance on display. You can legally deface all those things, no problemo.
Hey,Comrade...sorry to spoil your day but the SCOTUS has specifically ruled that the destruction of the US flag is "speech" protected by the First Amendment.Now it's time for me to return to my photoshop project of making Osama Obama look like Karl Marx.
These left wing lowlifes must be held accountable. If the police do not serve a summons on this clown or the union thugs that assaulted people in Michigan, then the police themselves should be sued on behalf of the aggrieved parties.
Fine the twit for disorderly conduct and be done with it.
This is one seriously messed up individual.
Wonder what that idiot would do when he sees me moon him whilst taking a bodacious Obama on a pic of the Obamadork.
Hey Lund! The “office” only holds so much water. Respect and decency is earned by a person, not a position. I don’t give anyone respect that they haven’t earned! I don’t care who they are or where they are. Of course, I’m not into hero worship like so many other peope are either. I have 1 hero, and that is Jesus Christ!
I’ve seen these people with the table. They’re LaRouche democrats.
You beat me to it.
Beat me to it!
The office of the president deserves only so much respect, no matter who the occupant is. The founders intended the president to be a citizen servant.....yes, SERVANT. We don’t have royalty in this country and our leaders do not deserve obeisance.
Leftwingers can’t help but fawn over dictators; it comes naturally to their totalitarian hearts.
What a moron, love the talk about “majority rules.”
They had a table set up by our local post office. They’re morons too, but they have every right to be there.
This is a SERIOUS problem we are seeing lately. This man will not be charged with anything. However, if the two men at the table would have used the slightest force to defend their RIGHTS they would have been cuffed and carted ON THE SPOT! This will lead to MASSIVE bloodshed if not reversed.
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